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VEVAY, Ind. — Every summer, over the last weekend in August, girls in Swiss costumes dance traditional polkas, passenger boats ply the Ohio River, and fireworks light up the night sky here. The riverbank of this otherwise quiet Switzerland County village springs to life during its annual festival. And the stars of the show aren't only the entertainers on three stages. For many in the crowd, the big draw is wine. And not plastic cups of some mass-produced California wine-in-a-box either. At the Swiss Wine Festival, it's locally produced wine. Indiana and "locally produced wine" may seem contradictory at first blush. But there are more than a dozen wineries, some...

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VEVAY, Ind. — Every summer, over the last weekend in August, girls in Swiss costumes dance traditional polkas, passenger boats ply the Ohio River, and fireworks light up the night sky here.
The riverbank of this otherwise quiet Switzerland County village...